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Committee removes agenda items after procedural questions; AG opinion on item 10 remains routed through representative
Summary
County justices voted to remove items 8, 9, 10 and 11 from the County Services agenda after motions and discussion; county staff said an attorney general opinion requested earlier was declined because the topic did not fall under FOIA and must come via a state representative or constitutional officer.
The Washington County County Services Committee amended and then adopted an agenda that removed four items after motions and discussion among justices.
Early in the meeting Justice Washington moved to remove items 8 and 9 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by voice vote. Later Justice Lyons moved to remove item 10, noting the item had been postponed previously pending an attorney general (AG) opinion requested by a judge. County staff explained the AG declined to issue an opinion because the request did not fall under…
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